On 10/25/2011 09:02 AM, Harald Hoyer wrote:
On 10/24/2011 08:05 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
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>> #fedora-meeting: FESCO (2011-10-24)
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>> * Discussion about
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove
>> (t8m, 17:26:45)
>
> This sounds interesting (speaking as an admin that typically sets up
> servers with separate, ro-mounted, /usr). I'm not sure about moving
> _everything_ to /usr, but I guess that's one approach. Other Unix
> systems I've used have had /bin as a symlink to /usr/bin, but not /sbin
> (still kept core system maintenance tools in /sbin on root fs). I'm
> also not sold on eliminating sbin directories (I like having "system
> admin" type stuff kept separate), and I don't see why that needs to be
> rolled into the same feature (especially as just a footnote, not a
> top-line change).
What does it gain to have /sbin and /usr/sbin?
Not molest ordinary users with tools
they are not supposed to used.
Security through
obscurity?
Right, yes.
We already have it in $PATH for the normal user.
Right, Fedora
made the mistake to do so.